The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... shall we find an equal conformity in his features ? Few objects indeed are occafionally more difficult to seize , than the flender traits that mark the character of a face ; and the poor remains of their avowed original . Of the drapery ...
... shall we find an equal conformity in his features ? Few objects indeed are occafionally more difficult to seize , than the flender traits that mark the character of a face ; and the poor remains of their avowed original . Of the drapery ...
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... shall offer to point out , among the numerous prints of Shakspeare , any one that is more like him than the rest ? 5 The play of Pericles has been added to this col- lection , by the advice of Dr. Farmer . To make room for it , Titus ...
... shall offer to point out , among the numerous prints of Shakspeare , any one that is more like him than the rest ? 5 The play of Pericles has been added to this col- lection , by the advice of Dr. Farmer . To make room for it , Titus ...
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... shall not complain that its point is " unbated and enve- nomed ; " for the conductors of this undertaking do not fcruple thus openly to express their wishes that it may have merit enough to provoke a revision from the acknowledged ...
... shall not complain that its point is " unbated and enve- nomed ; " for the conductors of this undertaking do not fcruple thus openly to express their wishes that it may have merit enough to provoke a revision from the acknowledged ...
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... shall entreat our opponents to exchange that phrase for another " more germane , " and say instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of the publishers of single plays in quarto , or their fuccessors , the edi- tors of the ...
... shall entreat our opponents to exchange that phrase for another " more germane , " and say instead of it , that we have deviated from the text of the publishers of single plays in quarto , or their fuccessors , the edi- tors of the ...
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... shall not shrink from controversy with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiefce in modern sugges- tions if opposed to the authority of quartos and folios , configned to us by a set of people who were wholly ...
... shall not shrink from controversy with those who maintain a different opinion , and refuse to acquiefce in modern sugges- tions if opposed to the authority of quartos and folios , configned to us by a set of people who were wholly ...
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